Posted on 07/30/2006 7:53:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Road construction and railroad development are threatening the 6000-year-old Yaqut-Tappeh mound near Behshahr in Iran's northern province of Mazandaran... A team of archaeologists recently began excavations at Yaqut-Tappeh to save artifacts from sections of the site which will be buried under the road being constructed for Amirabad Port. Railroad construction previously destroyed over 3000 square meters of the site 70 years ago.... Mazandaran is one of Iran's archaeological poles. Studies show that the region has been inhabited for over 400,000 years. Urbanization is thought to have developed in the region some time around 3000 BC, and the new findings at Yaqut-Tappeh and Gohar-Tappeh provide further evidence for this theory.
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I wonder how much a nuke is gonna damage the mound?
Oh c'mon... Iranian missiles have more range than *that*. ;')
Darn shame they cannot go around the site with the road. It would be a great tourist attraction.
:') Yeah, for the flood of western tourists who go to Iran every year. ;')
LOL..... It was worth the try.
Maybe a year from now... no reason... ;')
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